Shopping for the Perfect Bra

Aside from swim suit shopping, bra shopping has to be my least favorite shopping experience. Wouldn’t you agree? Oh, I’m sure some of you have no trouble at all finding a good fitting bra. I’m also pretty sure you need more support for your shoulder blades.

I am a bit ‘blessed’, as they say…although I’m not really sure it’s much of a blessing. The amply endowed of the crowd know what I’m talking about; our buttoned shirts leave large gapping peep shows, our backs hurt from the extra weight, and eventually gravity will take it’s toll; in another 20 years we won’t have breasts, we’ll have hound dog ears.

I’ve got a few questions for bra manufacturers.

Why are you padding C, D, and DD cup bras? What on earth makes you think we need more padding?

Why do Victoria’s Secret models in the full figure section actually wear an A? I don’t want to know what an A cup model looks like in a bra.

I’d like an exersize bra that crosses my heart, lifts and separates; not one that gives me a uni-boob.

Why are the prettiest bras created for women who barely have the need to wear a bra at all? Is it so hard to fathom that the rest of us may like to look just a little pretty, too?

Some women are convinced that men must create bras. I disagree. I think men would put more effort into making a product that would flatter those of us with ample blessings. After all, they do tend to be a bit obsessed over that area of our bodies.

No, I’m pretty convinced that women create bras. Tiny, boy-body women who are just jealous of what they haven’t got. Well, let me tell you, it aint’ no picnic, dearies. The least you could do is allow us a pretty, well fitted bra!

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AMEN to that blog posting!!!!! LOL! I too, feel your pain. I HATE bra shopping and like you said all of the pretty bras are for woman with no boobs. I don’t want too look and feel like a matronly old lady just ’cause I have big boobs. AND, the sagging, hound dog ears have started… LOL! It is definitely not a “blessing” to be blessed in that department… =) Oh, and THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for your help with the banner/header instructions. It actually worked for me – Yeah! Now I just have to figure out how to use PhotoShop and then create a lovely banner. Thanks again, Debbie

i absolutely hate shopping for a bra! i’ve rarely found any that fit much less are comfortable. btw, we never went to see the 300 just ended up going out for sushi and then we rented the movie babel. still want to see the 300 though.

echoing your setiments…and I wanna know who was the torture artist that created the “under-wire”???I hate those…and it is very hard to find one that does not have it!! “The Victoria Secret” is they have nothing for me/we/us with endowments that cause peep shows…lmbo!!You are the first blog I visited today…and you put a smile on my face!!!;-D

I smiled at this post from beginning to end…..not because of your dilemma, but because flat chicks also suffer from bra fitting issues. The only difference is if the boulder holder, uh I mean pebble prop doesn’t offer proper support, back strain isn’t an issue. I don’t envy you. The Missus has abandon bra hunting, since the Mister seems to enjoy shopping for her.

Okay well I guess I’m in the too-skinny, no boob catagory (my husband has bigger boobs than I do – sad, but true).

But I do have to say that those nice fancy bras rarely fit. The cups are always way tooooo BIG, so they get ‘dents’ in them (yes even on the ‘nearly A’ cup bras). Yuck. And well I like the sports bras, but they make it so I don’t have anything to ‘show’ at all (not that I have much to begin with). Flat as a pancake… wait a pancake has more width to it then I do in those sports bras, but they are comfy.

I can relate tho. I have a friend who was so endowed that she finally pleaded and begged and fought with her insurance company and they finally agreed to pay for a reduction. They figured it was cheaper in the long run than all the chiro care from the strain. She was in almost constant pain from the weight pulling on her back. By the way, she never shopped at Victoria’s secret, she said nothing every fit properly and that she got a better fit and more comfort from a cheapo Walmart version.

So, while I am a little envious (after all you at least have something to ‘show’) I have to say that bra shopping sucks big time. Even for us less-than-generously endowed.

I am with you girl.I wear a dd and its almost as hard to find a confy one as it is to find one at all.I get the dumb things home and its like wearing a torture chamber.you would think people could figure out how the heck to make a flupper stopper with grace.if yah find some place with pretty bar,s let us know.fashion bug has them but they are asking more then the national debt for them.God bless.

LOL this is too funny…just yesterday I was gone shopping for a new bra and somewhat had the same sentiments as you did! hehe I am one of the “ample” ones in the crowd…a friend of mine once said, you got them, flaunt them…ya I agree but geez make me a good bra that I can flaunt them with!!!

I love the comments about nursing bras. Though I’ve never had reason to try them. My problem is that my girls ANDmy band size seem to change sizes during the month. Some I’m constantly pulling the band down because it seems to be creeping up, other days, I’m falling out the bottom of the bra!

What gives? And don’t suggest not wearing a bra at all. It means trying to get through the day with two drippy mounds where the temps underneath hover somewhere betwixt 300 and 400 degrees. Add some powder and you can bake biscuits while you work!

LOL And here I sit, happy as a clam that my new over the shoulder boulder holder arrived in the mail today. Sure, it provides the “uni-boob” look, but h*ll, when you have as much clevage as I do, EVERYTHING gives you the UniBoob look.

I came across the Enell No Bounce Bra 11 years ago, and have not looked back since. They are the only– *ONLY** bra I will wear! No back pain, no shoulder pain, no movement while riding (or chasing my 2 young sons,)… Life is grand now!

Somehow in the last 7 years or so they all have these new seams and non-slip stuff that is so soft and comfy that they will probably never remove.

BUT I AM ALLERGIC TO THAT STUFF.

As a result, my old bestform bra is now a seethrough shapeless rag that barely hang on to my growing figure (i gained weight to make things worst!) Get another bestform? No can do, i did and it ended up in the huge pile of brand new unusable bras bucket. “They” “IMPROVED” their bras!

I am desperate. Whenever i have a dressy outing, i put on one from the hazards bucket and end up unable to wear any bra for 3 days and rounds of cortizone cream.